Sorry it's taken me awhile to post the results for the "so you wake up one morning and you're Tsunku for a day….." poll results as I wanted to get them up by the weekend. First I want to give a big thank you to everyone who participated in the voting for the Shuffle and "dream" units! This was the largest turnout yet as 1448 fans participated in the polls. I want to send a special thank you to Paul Thomas at Hello!Blog for linking the original post at his website as it was responsible for the majority of the voter traffic received for both polls I strongly believe. ^-^ Thanks so much Paul!!

First here are top 7 members voted in for the Shuffle group:

From top to bottom, left to right the members are in order from highest vote getter. Gakisan and Kamei dominated the polls but the race for the top spot was extremely close here in particular as amazingly they ended up being only separated by a single vote. Junjun also received lots of votes as the top 3 vote getters here really were in a league of their own when viewing the voting numbers as a whole. This truly would be an amazing shuffle group as you have a strong vocal presence combined with cute. But also just the thought of Momo and Mikitty working together = XD! Helium meets brute force! 🙂 And members Junjun and Chisatochan so deserving of more attention. The dynamics in personality would be most welcome as well and the one member that I personally would have added to this party would have been in incomparable Yukosan. 😀 Ah a reunion of Yukosan and Kyamei…what could be better and once Yuko gets a load of Momo…all bets are off for good behavior! XD

I also wanted to include what would be the next two shuffle groups following the next highest vote getters. The second tier shuffle group would include these members as voted by you:

This second unit looks like a nice blend of Momusu, Berryz Koubou and C-ute and it's nice to see Erikachan and Chiichan getting some fan support. Vocally this group would be quite interesting as well with such vocal variety including Maimichan, Miya, Aichan, and Reinachan in particular as theirs are notably distinct. The strongest personality here would have to be Reinachan's so I'd appoint her leader by default…no offense to Aichan of course whom I adore very much!

The third tier of vote getters would round out our final shuffle group for 2008:

Surprisingly Ayaya makes a quite late entrance as I really thought she'd rank much higher alongside Mikitty if for nothing else her top vocals in H!P….and beauty of course! But better late than never and this unit may be the most interesting or strangest of them all. Ayaya will bring the vocals, Sayu the cute, Sakichan…solid vocals and leadership, Nacchi…distinct vocals…warm mentoring and pure joy, Maimai will do battle with Sayu in a cute-off of gigantic proportions..watch out! :P, Maasa will help glue it all together with her unique brand of warmth and humor, and Konkon strong vocals…adorableness..and an amazing mind!

Happily every member in the shuffle group poll received multiple votes and here are the remaining members in order: Sugaya Risako, Linlin, Mitsui Aika, Arihara Kanna, Ishikawa Rika, Kusumi Koharu, Nakjima Saki, and Kumai Yurina.

And now here are the results from the "dream" group poll:

Gakisan once again dominated the voting and not even Kamei could keep up towards the end of voting. What's interesting about this super dream group cumulatively voted on by fans is that with the one exception of Ayaya, every member past or present is a member of Momusu which perhaps indicates their dominance in fan affection when the whole of Hello! Project is looked at. After all the goal with this poll was to determine which ten members out of the whole of H!P would fans see as the best members to include in a "dream" unit of their own…cumulatively though. The poll included all 52 H!P members who have been active in music releases (including Eggs) so the results here really show the 10 members who hold substantial fan bases within the whole of H!P. Again Junjun shows up very impressively in the top 5 deeply beloved members Marippe and Nono make high appearances as well. I'm so happy to see Ayaya make the top group here as well as her showing in the "shuffle group" results were a bit low in my opinion. When it comes to H!P I think that any "super"group should by default include Ayaya…my personal opinion though. 🙂 Mikitty may be on a pretty low key level right now…but most of that I suspect is UFA holding her back though for her past defiance of them which was done so publicly….I do applaud her for standing up for herself though…. XD but here it really shows how her low visibilty hasn't hurt her fan base at all as she received a high number of votes making the top group as well. 🙂 So happy to see Kamei in the second spot in both polls as only Gakisan could keep her out of the top spot…twice! Gakisan = ♥

And to show how the rest of the voting went here are the next two 10 member "dream" groups as voted for here starting with vote getters 11-20:

Yuko and Rika together again…Charmy & the tirades just about to begin! XD Just like old times!! 🙂 Lets see Konkon and Makochan too…almost the entire classic newscast is here! Talk about personality dynamics!!! The tier two "dream" group is overflowing with diverse personality goodness. Fiesty Reinachan, wacky Makochan, fiery Yukosan…add in Charmy and stir in "helium"…I mean Momo adorableness…slowly! XD But seriously all ten members would be a dream to see them work together…the only change I'd make? Add in an Egg for good measure so that Yukosan can mold (scare)…no I mean mentor them! 😛

At last Nacchi, Nocchi, Koharu, Kanna, and Manoeri make an appearance. I'm also a bit surprised to see Maimichan appear so far down just making the cut for the third level group. And no offense to Keisan but….Keisan > Nacchi?! O__o Nice to see Kannachan sneak in there too in the last spot and Kikkawa Yuu also received a decent number of votes as well. 🙂 Now is this hypothetical group strange or interesting or what?!! I don't know what to say. It's such an unusual combination of members. Hey it could work! And at least we know there would be a lot of excitement with Kohachan present…thank goodness she made at least one unit!! XD Nocchi + Nacchi + Maimichan = 幸せ。

A great stat for the "dream" group poll is that 51 out of the 52 H!P members on the ballot received multiple votes with Korenaga Miki being the only exception here. I would have loved to have seen her receive votes as well but with so many members to choose from I think it's a great showing to have nearly everyone included. Here's the rest of the members who received votes from high to low following the 3 "dream" groups listed above: Mitsui Aika, Shimizu Saki, Kumai Yurina, Okada Yui, Iida Kaori, Miyoshi Erika, Nakajima Saki, Sugaya Risako, Hagiwara Mai, Linlin, Inaba Atsuko, Kitahara Sayaka, Maeda Yuuka, Satoda Mai, Murata Megumi, Saito Hitomi, Maeda Yuki, Ohtani Masae, Shibata Ayumi, Sawada Yuri, Sengoku Minami, and someone even added Aibon to the ballot! 🙂

This is the first time that I've tried to gather a consensus of which members in the whole of Hello! Project hold substantial fan bases and along with that just which combinations of members would fans find most attractive and fruitful. Hopefully these results will shine some light upon those topics…well at least in this little corner of the blogosphere. Thank you again to everyone who helped to make these "dream" group polls a success! ^-^

17 Responses to The “Tsunku for a day” experiment results…

Wow! How fun was that! XD I'd like to see each and every single one of these groups made into shuffle groups. THAT would be so much awesome. Each set has a nice mix of mature, sexy, cool, and cute. I'd be really curious to see what kind of songs each group would get. *ponder*

Yuko, Konkon, Ogawa, Rika, Yossie, Mikitty, Ayaya, Nono, Yaguchi and Kei-chan! I voted for something like this in the dream group, this should work for some great Utaban appearances \\(^o^)// I'd put Nacchi and Kaorin there too if there were some space left.

The member combinations came out really well and some are really diverse combinations in terms of personalities and vocal types. I think you've summed it up perfectly above! As the groups were forming during the ongoing voting it was really hard to tell just how they would turn out…the only certainty seemed to be Gakisan ruling over everyone! 🙂 At first it was Kamei but by the midway point Gakisan had overtaken her too. :O Now if there were only a way to get these ideas to UFA for serious consideration. 😛 What's interesting is that with such mixtures of 'cute' and 'cool' it would pretty amazing to see what styles of songs would be penned for them…haha maybe even bizarre for some members at times. 🙂

Great poll! Amazing that Chisato cracked this group on a couple fronts while Hagiwara came up empty! And … Konno? I'm actually glad Chisato and Konno got in; I just didn't have any room for them in my topp-y7 shuffle. Nice contest!

Korenaga came very close to being included in my dream group. If I had one more slot, she would have made it, though.So how many Atsuko votes were there? I'm happy to see she has a few fans.(*^-^*)Love&Peace,Risuzu

Risuzu I thought it was great that the vast majority of all musically active H!P members made it into the voting. I would have loved if Korenaga Miki too had received at least a vote so that no one was left out….ah I guess if you were given 11 to choose. 🙂 Atsuko received 37 votes which I thought was a great showing. 🙂

It's interesting that in the "shuffle" group poll Ayaya really did show up late in the third group way behind Mikitty but in the "dream" group poll she's near the top and ahead of Mikitty…I'm not sure what to make of that. 😛 But so happy to see Gakisan and Kamei remain consistent at #1 & #2 for both polls. ^-^

Maimai did sneak into the third tier shuffle group near the end but it's true that Chisatochan did quite well in both group polls. I'm so glad to see all of the groups come out so varied with good diversity in members. 🙂

@Din: Aibon was never a team player, as good as she was individually. She left on terrible terms and dragged the entire company through a year's worth of mud. Both Aibon and Nono were essentially booted out of Morning Musume in 2004 because Aibon upstaged everyone (most of that unintentional, some not). "W" was put on a different playing field than the rest of the company in 2005. I can see Nono getting in; she was more of a victim of the Aibon uprising than anything else.

@Rad This was just my kind of dream. it would be amazing to see her again in H!P world. It's an unrealistic vision but still great 😀 And I disagree, words like "mud" or "victim" seem too harsh to me. Right now Aibon gathers a huge fanbase while Nono stays in the background. When I see "fans" showing their disapproval to Kanna, I'm getting really angry. I'd love to show my support to Kanna and to Aibon. I don't seem to get the whole "scandal" thing ==

Wow, looks like you had a great turn out for this!The results are really interesting and I'm loving the 1st dream unit, teaming Mari back up with Nono :)Although I have to say I'm quite surprised with the Shuffle Units results, seeing Ayaya and Nacchi coming in so quite low. But I have to say that the actual unit as a whole looks really good. Personally I'm all for seeing more Ayaya, she's such a great all round artist and mixing her up with Hagitty is something I love so much!!I wonder if/when the shuffle units will return? It would be so great if they did, my fingers are crossed.

I think it had more to do with her name not being on the original poll list as I included only musically active members in H!P….but there indeed is a lot of fan support for our beloved Aibon out there!! ^o^ From all of the Aibon fan sites, her personal website and recent activity there's definitely lots of ♥ for Aibon. And I don't think that will ever change. 🙂

Paul I want to thank you so much again for linking and writing such a wonderful post connecting this one! You really took time to do this and I'm really grateful! The large turnout was really due to your post as after you posted the votes really started to come in quickly! ^-^ Greatly endeared members like Marippe and Nono really had a great showing here of fan support! Really wonderful to see…now if only Tsunku would actually place them into new groups some time in the future…..I may be dreaming this one up but it would be really nice to see! I imagine that Nono will be back in some way in the future but Marippe's just been so inactive for the most part since bowing out of Momusu. That's an awesome pairing isn't it!!..with Maimai and Ayaya! ^o^ They should do a single together, how amazing would that be….maybe a bit odd but still amazing and their vocals would be so interesting together I think. Maimai always gives me the impression that she's much older too so I think it'd work out okay. I was surprised most by seeing Ayaya appear so late in the shuffle groups…and Nacchi too!!! Especially!! It's somewhat odd that Tsunku has put the annual shuffe groups on hold for now…..I too wish so much for their return. Maybe in 2009? I'm hoping too!

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1. The opening credits reflects so much of the show’s personality and is one of the cutest ever!! One of J-Pop’s finest, Arashi presents you the main theme song…here hit play while I ramble for a little while…

In a span of approximately 55 minutes Kamei treats us to some of her inner most thoughts while on location in scenic Okinawa. Whenever I see any footage or photos of Okinawa it just has such a warm and small town feel to their community and their architecture is always so amazing to see~! Unlike any of its predecessors, in large “20 Dreams” is a personal recollection which delves into a much more intimate look into an idol’s aspirations, hopes and dreams as the title suggests and where other previous releases may have only scratched the surface, Kamei’s narrative throughout covers anything from simple aspects such as hair color, dream bedroom & home design and fellow members to much deeper thoughts of family memories, specific childhood events, and future speculation. And throughout it’s all delivered with cute sincerity and more than any other member in Momusu, Kamei possesses the uncanny ability to incorporate the most adorable random and honest laughter that I’ve ever seen...

あっ！すごいかわいく～♥！！かわいく～♥！！！
Harugon, Nacchan, Rabutan, Ayarin & Mayuyu continue to be the cutest~* of units!…and I’m just listening to their 6th single I know so late XD! While I so adore Mayuyu’s vocals and we’ve had plenty till now with her solo songs~♥, but the more I hear Rabutan’s voice the more she’s beginning to become my favorite vocal in the group =)……and while watching the making of she just sounded so anime~like saying “gyu♥!” each time, like the cutest cutest cutest character you can imagine っo(*´∀｀)o！！

Firstly, I wasn’t ever sure if I would see the day in which SPEED’s all time record sales for an all girl group would be broken and not by a slim margin by any means as AKB48 has eclipsed this record (reaching in excess of 826,000 copies sold) which has stood for I think…over a decade now?..and if there were any single which was worthy of such an achievement surely “Beginner” is deservingly so~. At the top of the Oricon this past week, AKB48 has also eclipsed omg!!! even Arashi’s~♥ used to be leading single’s sales plateau for the year for a single release :O and from the outside one may wonder why this single in particular?..and why now?

Do you crave more girl♥power in your life?
Or do you *secretly*….or maybe not so *secretly* ♥ watching very attractive actresses kick some serious butt on screen?!!
Have you grown tired of watching girls bake madeleines in the kitchen all day while the men get to drive the car?
Hmm…if you answered yes to any of the questions above then “so close” may be just for you~. (￣▽￣)

In collaboration with Aquaplus, Dream Tech has created a beautiful 1/6 scale pvc statue of Kousaka Tamaki who is one of several featured characters in the popular Japanese “renai” (aka dating simulation) game “To Heart 2.” This series has gone from Playstation2 to pc and has since become an anime and manga series in Japan...

Uminii’s newest visual release~* arrived and having gone from seeing her much earlier photographs from “Ao no corridor” initially to now “Umikaze”, she’s matured so much in so little time and she’s simply breAthtaking in this release...

While looking @ my bottle of shampoo a few days ago it got me thinking about the full~bodied model/idol♥…(yup I’m weird that way =P) and how it’s nice to see measurements and not have to ask the question possibly coined by L.A.~ians many moons ago: ‘do u think those R real (・c_・;)？？？

Shortly after the January 21st announcement during AKBb48’s “Request Hour Set List Best 100” the pre~orders went up for Akip’s latest unit interestingly named “Not yet” and such is the venue of favor these days for announcing graduations, debuts and other sometimes jaw~dropping bombshells upon unsuspecting fans’ heads~. Happily this time it’s the birth of a new foursome...

In late ’97 a flash of J-Pop goodness appeared on Japan’s horizon in the form of a most unlikely group of members…in a time when “idol” groups were just about to break free from their brief hiatus of unpopularity there came a group comprised of 2 comedians and a very very cute Taiwanese model...